Dénes Nagy
Dénes Nagy (Budapest, 1980) is a Hungarian film director, editor and screenwriter. His first feature film, Natural Light was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director in 2021.
Dénes Nagy

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- Name
- Dénes Nagy
- Born
- 1980
- Birthplace
- Budapest
- Occupation
- * film director
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Education
- University of Theatre and Film Arts
- Known for
- Natural Light
- Honours
- Silver Bear for Best Director
- Languages
- Hungarian
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• Name — Dénes Nagy • Born — 1980 • Birthplace — Budapest • Occupation — * film director • screenwriter • film editor • Years Active — 2004– • Notable Works — Natural Light Dénes Nagy (Budapest, 1980) is a Hungarian film director, editor and screenwriter. His first feature film, Natural Light was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director in 2021.
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Dénes Nagy appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a director and screenwriter (born 1980). The birth of Dénes Nagy is recorded in 1980.
Life and career
Life and career
He graduated from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest in film directing in 2009. He attended the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin for one year. Several of his short films were shown in international festivals; his 2006 short Kovács Éva was invited to the Tampere Film Festival, Russian Playground was featured at Cannes Critics' Week in 2009, the short film Együtt received the Hungarian Film Critics' Award for best short film and won the award for best short film director at the 38th Hungarian Film Week (Magyar Filmszemle). His work titled Lágy eső won the Fiction Grand Prize award at the Portuguese Curtas Vila do Conde film festival in 2013.
Identity
Identity
Dénes Nagy is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as screenwriter, film editor and director.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1980
Dénes Nagy was born on 1 January 1980.
Films
• 2004 – 2003 November (short film) • 2006 – Együtt (short film) • 2006 – Vakáció (short film) (assistant to the director) • 2008 – Russian Playground (short documentary) • 2009 – Cinetrain: Where Does Europe End? (documentary) • 2009 – Berlinskaya Fuga (short film) • 2010 – Riport (short film) • 2013 – Lágy eső (short film) • 2013 – Másik Magyarország (documentary) • 2015 – Seb (documentary) • 2021 – Natural Light (Természetes fény) (feature film)
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- “Dénes Nagy”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q105637156: Dénes Nagy
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- 1.Dénes Nagy. In: iffr.com (abgerufen am 22. Februar 2021).
- 2.Englischsprachiges Presseheft zu Természetes fény. In: berlinale.de (1,04 MB). S. 5.
- 3.Englischsprachiges Presseheft zu Természetes fény. In: berlinale.de (1,04 MB). S. 8.
- 4.Természetes fény. In: berlinale.de (abgerufen am 23. Februar 2021).
- 5.Dénes Nagy. In: dokweb.net (abgerufen am 22. Februar 2021).
- 6.. In: berlinale.de, 5. März 2021 (abgerufen am 5. März 2021).
- 7.Englischsprachiges Presseheft zu Természetes fény. In: berlinale.de (1,04 MB). S. 6–7.
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